The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), the main US umbrella group for 45,000 churches and millions of individuals, has surprisingly come out against Republican attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as 'Obamacare'.

A friend of the 25-year-old who is accused of shooting and killing one woman and injuring several others at a Tennessee church, has described the suspected gunman as a 'deep Christian believer' who lacked aggression.